Belize Honeymoon

Hi;
I am looking for information on some of the better places to stay, I am planning on taking my wife to Belize for our honeymoon, we have been married for 5 yrs but due to my deployments, well you get the point. We are both interested in diving and I know for a fact she will be really interested in lounging at a nice beach. I am trying to give a real nice time for all the that she has put up with for the last 4 yrs of me being gone. I would greatly appreciate any advice and good and bad experiences. I am looking at going in May time frame, is this a good time. Thanks for your time and advice in advance.

Matt

Among the most romantic (and upscale) hotels and lodges in Belize are:

Chan Chich Lodge, Gallon Jug (http://www.chanchich.com) -- wonderful, isolated jungle lodge set right on top of a Maya ruin
Lodge at Chaa Creek, near San Ignacio (http://www.chaacreek.com) -- well-run upscale lodge with beautiful cabanas and lovely grounds
Blancaneaux Lodge, Mountain Pine Ridge (http://www.blancaneaux.com) -- owned by film maker Francis Ford Coppola, Blancaneaux has a romantic setting above a river, with two pools, two restaurants
Hidden Valley Inn, Mountain Pine Ridge (http://www.hiddenvalleyinn.com) -- honeymooners can have their own private waterfall on 7,000 acres
Victoria House, San Pedro (http://www.victoria-house.com) -- lovely, well-run seaside resort, two pools, not too big, not too small, just right
Azul Resort, North Ambergris Caye (http://www.azulbelize.com) -- just two beach houses, but what beach houses these are, with delicious rooftop perches and a pool just for the two houses and a great restaurant, Rojo Lounge
Inn at Robert's Grove, Placencia (http://www.robertsgrove.com) -- well-run beach resort with all the amenities -- three pools, tennis court, roof-top jacuzzis, two restaurants, dive shop, marina, private islands
Turtle Inn, Placencia (http://www.blancaneaux.com) -- another Coppola resort, very exotic with thatched cabanas with furnishings from Bali
Hamanasi, Hopkins (http://www.hamanasi.com) -- honeymooners will like the treehouses

I've personally stayed in all of the above places, most several times, and can recommend them all.

Also with romantic settings and appealing accommodations, are:
Pelican Reef, San Pedro
duPlooy's Lodge, near San Ignacio
Kanantik (all-inclusive), near Hopkins
Five Sisters Lodge, Mountain Pine Ridge
Xanadu, San Pedro
Grand Caribe, North Ambergris
Mystic River Lodge, near San Ignacio
Mata Chica, North Ambergris
Portofino, North Ambergris

That's not a complete list, of course.

May is a pretty good time to come to Belize. Although it's hot (usually the hottest month of the year in Belize), it's before hurricane and tropical storm season, and you get lower off-season rates while everything is still open

--Lan Sluder
http://www.belizefirst.com
Fodor's Belize 2009/Fodor's Belize 2010

Q-

You really outdo yourself offering info and details.... :)

Ambergris Caye sounds like the place for you. It's one of the island off the coast - beaches, diving, shopping, restaurants, bars....

Let us know what type of accommodation you would like, and a price range, and you'll get some good suggestions.

Try Thatch Caye Resort. My wife and I stayed there amidst many honeymooning couples and all were having a fantastic time. Thatch Caye won the travellers choice romantic getaway award from Trip Advisor and that was what attracted my wife and I to begin with since it was our anniversary. We also did some scuba diving while there and it was fantastic. I have been diving in several other places since then in other parts of Central America and the Caribbean and none can compare with what I saw there.

Thatch Caye is a good suggestion. When I was there in June the only other guests at the time were a honeymooning couple from Georgia. They were having a great time.

--Lan Sluder

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread as my fiance and I continue to consider Belize as our honeymoon destination... thanks for all the info so far!!

Has anyone stayed at Sun Creek lodge in PT? I was warned about staying in a thatch roof hotel and this hotel has only thatch roofs. The health department said that the reduviid bug also known as kissing bug falls from the thatch. It causes Chagas disease, which is quite serious. Any advice would be helpful.

I've spent hundreds of nights in thatch-roof cabañas in Belize -- well-maintained thatch as you'll find in many lodges and hotels in Belize doesn't harbor the bugs that cause Chagas.

Never stayed at SunCreek Lodge a little north of Punta Gorda, but I have visited it several times. A nice budget spot with very knowledgeable and helpful owners. If you want a spot in that general area without thatch I'd suggest Hickatee Cottages, about a mile from PG.

--Lan Sluder

Thanks Lan, That makes me feel better about staying in a thatch roof place. Unfortunately Hickatee was booked when I first contacted them and Coral House has two rooms available but the one that can accommodate four of us is booked. So we would have to book two rooms with them and well that adds up real quick when you are staying 4 nights. Sun Creek was reasonable.

I looked at their online pictures, looks pretty nice. Budget prices are great as long as it is a clean place. During our last trip to Belize we stayed in Dandriga one night at Ruthies cabanas because we had missed the water taxi and we got eaten alive by bugs during the night. Not sure what they were but we were covered in small red bumps the next morning. I don't want to experience that again. Great deal, but dirty too.

I am traveling with my husband, 21 yr old son and 9yr old daughter. Do you think I will be making a mistake by staying at Suncreek. I'm wondering what we will do in the afternoons when we get back from an excursion. Does it look like a cool place to hang out in the afternoon and evenings? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Well, SunCreek is out away from things -- 9 or 10 miles north of PG on the Southern Highway then a half mile or so on a dirt road toward San Marcos village (I didn't check these mileages and may be off a bit). So, not much to do except hang out at the lodge unless you have a car (the lodge does rent cars). The German co-owner is one of the best adventure guides in southern Belize so you could arrange all sort of trips with him. SunCreek looked very clean to me, but again I didn't actually stay there.

If you want to stay in PG town you might also look at Blue Belize -- they have apartments that would accommodate four. It's not far from Coral House Inn.

--Lan Sluder

Thank you again Lan, I will look into Blue Belize.